The Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, on Wednesday defended the bailout program for Greece, before a general election in this country that could oust the Conservatives at the hands of the left.
Rajoy met in Athens with conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and said the cost-cutting reforms in Greece and Spain were “paying off”.
The New Democracy party Samaras elections will January 25 and is trailing in the polls of the leftist Syriza, which has demanded the cancellation of at least half of rescue loans worth 240,000 million euros (283,000 million).
Rajoy, who also faces elections this year, probably observed a similar challenge can, a party of the radical left that increasingly enjoys greater popularity.
“I’m here to defend policies that were hard, which were complicated, which essentially created … the need to make decisions that leaders usually not taken, “Rajoy said. “We went through really tough times in Greece, Spain …. but got results.”
The austerity measures in Greece and Spain have led to increased poverty and unemployment, but figures Employment improved in both countries last year.
SYRIZA leads the polls with 30.2% and the New Democracy is second with 27.2% and 13.2% indicated that the voters have not been decided, according to a new survey released by the Greek news portal Iefimerida.
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